Hartwich v. American Transit Insurance

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Cobb, J.), entered October 3, 1989 in Greene County, which denied third-party defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint.

A prior action was brought by plaintiff on behalf of Frederick Hartwich, a pedestrian who had been killed by a motorcycle operated by Fred Young. Young’s insurer, defendant herein, employed the law firm of Bisceglia & Lewis (hereinafter Bisceglia) as its "in house counsel”. This firm handled defendant’s cases in New York City where its offices were located. Outside of the metropolitan area…